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	Spencer Dryden -- Jefferson Airplane drummer
		Spencer Dryden, the drummer for the Jefferson Airplane who once appeared with his group on the cover of Life magazine but had fallen on hard times, died Monday from cancer.
		Dryden was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 for his work with the Jefferson Airplane during the band's glory years -- from the breakthrough 1967 "Surrealistic Pillow" album through historic rock festivals such as Woodstock and Altamont.
		Dryden conducted an affair with the band's female vocalist, Grace Slick, and his marriage to the former Sally Mann was covered extensively in Rolling Stone magazine.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/13/BAGVGAPF1T1.DTL (774 words)

	Spencer Dryden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spencer Dryden (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an American musician who was best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage and The Dinosaurs.
		Dryden was born in New York City to Alice and Wheeler Dryden, a half-brother of Charlie Chaplin.
		From 1966 to 1970, Dryden served as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spencer_Dryden (307 words)

	Guardian \| Spencer Dryden
		Spencer always kept quiet about the fact that his father was Charlie Chaplin's half brother, wanting to be recognised for his own achievements rather than basking in reflected glory.
		Dryden was taken aback by the communal hippy lifestyle he found in San Francisco, but immediately felt he belonged.
		Dryden and Jefferson Airplane were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in New York in 1996, but the final decade of his life became a depressing saga of personal problems.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5103937-110427,00.html (739 words)

	Spencer Dryden -- Jefferson Airplane drummer
		Spencer Dryden, the drummer for the Jefferson Airplane who once appeared with his group on the cover of Life magazine but had fallen on hard times, died Monday from cancer.
		Dryden was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 for his work with the Jefferson Airplane during the band's glory years -- from the breakthrough 1967 "Surrealistic Pillow" album through historic rock festivals such as Woodstock and Altamont.
		Dryden conducted an affair with the band's female vocalist, Grace Slick, and his marriage to the former Sally Mann was covered extensively in Rolling Stone magazine.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/13/BAGVGAPF1T1.DTL (634 words)

	Spencer Dryden - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Spencer Dryden was the drummer in the classic line-up of Jefferson Airplane, from the spring of 1966 until the winter of 1969-70, and for most of that time was one of the three most well-known drummers on the San Francisco scene (along with the Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart).
		Dryden was along for the ride and rose to the occasion -- from playing clubs in 1966, he went to performing in front of 50,000 people in June of 1967, at the Monterey Pop Festival.
		Dryden played an essential role within the group's sound, providing more of a compelling, driving beat for many of the songs on Surrealistic Pillow than the band's first LP had shown, as well as great sensitivity as a percussionist on some of the more subtle songs such as the ballad "Today".
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,425307,00.html (1112 words)

	Spencer Dryden \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Spencer Dryden, drummer for the Jefferson Airplane in the rock band's glory years, including the breakthrough 1967 album "Surrealistic Pillow" and the Woodstock festival, has died of cancer.
		Dryden, who was facing hip replacement and heart surgery at the time and whose home had been destroyed by fire.
		Dryden recorded on a number of the Jefferson Airplane's most famous albums: "Surrealistic Pillow," which included the hits "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit"; "After Bathing at Baxter's"; "Bless Its Pointed Little Head"; "Crown of Creation"; and "Volunteers." He left the band in 1970.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050116/news_lz1j16dryden.html (325 words)

	Drummer Spencer Dryden dies of cancer at 66 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Dryden, who died at his home Monday, retired from performing 10 years ago but hadn't been working much before that.
		Dryden was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 for his work with the Jefferson Airplane.
		Dryden was married three times and is survived by three sons.
	www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/13drummer.html (317 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Jefferson Airplane drummer dies
		Spencer Dryden, drummer with rock group Jefferson Airplane in the group's heyday of the late 1960s, has died.
		Dryden, whose father was half-brother to Charlie Chaplin, was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 shortly after having hip replacement and heart surgery.
		Dryden did not take part in their 1989 reunion, but did join his former bandmates when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4173579.stm (272 words)

	Attaboy » Staying Up Late with Spencer Dryden
		The event is the passing of rock drummer Spencer Dryden this past Tuesday at age 66.
		Dryden’s life had been rocked by a number of pretty terrible situations in recent years, not the least of which was his illness.
		The chat was originally supposed to be just with Spencer Dryden, who was very patient will all our stupid questions and discussed all kinds of things about his career, going back to his days with the Airplane.
	attaboy.tommydoc.net /?p=1164 (612 words)

	Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden dead at 66 @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 ...
		SAN FRANCISCO (by Jes Dryden/ www.spencerdryden.com) - Jefferson Airplane drummer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Spencer Dryden, passed away at his home in Penngrove, California, on Monday, January 10th after a brief battle with colon cancer.
		Nephew of the great Charlie Chaplin, Spencer was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1938 to English actor, Wheeler Dryden, and Radio City Music Hall prima ballerina, Alice Chapple.
		Spencer grew up honing his drumming skills on the Los Angeles jazz circuit, playing with such notables as Charles Lloyd, Bobby Hutcherson and Paul Bley.
	top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=12588 (738 words)

	Blog of Death: Spencer Dryden
		Spencer Dryden, a former drummer for the rock band Jefferson Airplane, died on Jan. 10 of cancer.
		Dryden joined the band in 1966, replacing Skip Spence, who later formed the rock group, Moby Grape.
		Dryden was fired from the band a few weeks after the 1970 wedding.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001281.html (468 words)

	Soul Shine Magazine : Jefferson Airplane’s Spencer Dryden Dies at 66 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Dryden was a member of the classic line-up of Jefferson Airplane, during the years of 1966-1970.
		Dryden was a well-seasoned musician by the time he was recruited into Jefferson Airplane and went on to help make it one of the most popular bands of the 60s.
		In addition to other forays, Dryden was a member of The New Riders Of The Purple Sage, a sideproject of The Grateful Dead, for seven years.
	www.soulshine.ca /news/newsarticle.php?nid=1493 (379 words)

	Wheeler Dryden - Charlie Chaplin's brother
		Wheeler Dryden was the son of Leo Dryden and Hannah Chaplin.
		Spencer was with them throughout their 'rock and rocky' glory years, before leaving in 1970.
		Spencer died from cancer at the age of 66, in January of 2005.
	ednapurviance.org /chaplininfo/wheelerdryden.html (903 words)

	Spencer Dryden dies at age 66 \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Dryden recorded on a number of the Airplane's most famous albums, "Surrealistic Pillow"; "After Bathing At Baxter's"; the live "Bless Its Pointed Little Head"; "Crown Of Creation"; and "Volunteers." Read the CNN article.
		Spencer's driving intro to "She Has Funny Cars," the first track of the Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow, is kick-ass for the ages.
		Early in 1967, Spencer began having an affair with Grace Slick, herself a newcomer to the band.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/38626 (498 words)

	Jefferson Airplane's Spencer Dryden dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Spencer Dryden, drummer for the San Francisco rock band the Jefferson Airplane, died of cancer Tuesday in Petaluma, Calif. He was 66.
		Dryden -- who was a nephew of silent film star Charlie Chaplin -- was born in New York and raised in Los Angeles.
		Dryden played with the psychedelic band from 1966-70, appearing on its popular albums "Surrealistic Pillow" (which included the hits "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit"), "After Bathing at Baxter's" and "Crown of Creation." He later played with New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Dinosaurs.
	hollywoodreporter.com /thr/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000753285 (213 words)

	Jefferson Airplane: A Tribute to Spencer Dryden
		I have always thought that Spencer was one of the most under-rated musicians in the world, and it means so much now to see his friends and fans acknowledging his unique talent and the way his music affected their lives.
		Spencer’s son Jes, with quiet fortitude is attempting to unravel the tangle of red tape created by his illness and a less than sympathetic medical system -- an on going battle.
		Spencer gave is the gift of knocking down the imagined wall between what was allowed in esoterica, the music of hipsters and cognoscenti, and what was done in the mass market.
	www.jeffersonairplane.com /tribute.html (6516 words)

	:\|: Suburbia :\|: :: Spencer Dryden dies :: Staticfiends.com's Message Boards/Forums :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Spencer Dryden, drummer with Jefferson Airplane during its peak years 1966-70, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, died at his home on January 10.
		Spencer Dryden played on some of the Airplane's most memorable albums, Surrealistic Pillow-great songs like "Somebody To Love," White Rabbit," and "Embryonic Journey." He performed with the Airplane at the Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, Altamont, the Fillmore Auditorium, and the Fillmore West.
		After Jefferson Airplane, Spencer then played with the country rock band New Riders of the Purple Sage until 1977, when he became their manager.
	www.staticfiends.com /suburbia/viewtopic.php?p=6283 (276 words)

	[Deathwatch] Spencer Dryden, musician, 66
		Spencer Dryden -- Jefferson Airplane drummer Joel Selvin, Chronicle Senior Pop Music Critic Thursday, January 13, 2005 Spencer Dryden, the drummer for the Jefferson Airplane who once appeared with his group on the cover of Life magazine but had fallen on hard times, died Tuesday from cancer.
		One Chaplin biographer described a scene of idyllic domesticity at a family Christmas party in 1943 when 5-year-old Spencer Dryden read "The Night Before Christmas." After attending Glendale High School, he graduated from the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad (San Diego County) in 1955.
		He played in some early rock 'n' roll bands but soon drifted toward jazz and was working as a drummer at the Hollywood strip club the Pink Pussycat when session drummer Earl Palmer recommended him to the Airplane's manager.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2005-January/000978.html (634 words)

	TheMusicNeverStopped.net: Jefferson Airplane's Spencer Dryden Passes Away (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		From Jefferson Airplane's official web site: Spencer Dryden, drummer for Jefferson Airplane, died at his home on January 10 due to complications from colon cancer.
		Spencer Dryden, drummer for Jefferson Airplane, died at his home on January 10 due to complications from colon cancer.
		Spencer Dryden can say that he was part of that revolution.
	www.themusicneverstopped.net /archives/2005/01/jefferson_airpl.html (126 words)

	Jambands.com \| Show Reviews \| Spencer Dryden Benefit, Slim's, San Francisco- 5/22 \| 2004-05-28
		The Spencer Dryden Benefit Concert May 22 at Slim's, a 500-600-capacity
		Dryden's best known as drummer for Jefferson Airplane through its glory
		Then Dryden came on-stage, leaning on a cane a bit
	www.jambands.com /ShowReviews/content_2004_05_28.00.phtml (815 words)

	Jefferson Airplane Drummer Spencer Dryden Dies
		Dryden joined Jefferson Airplane in 1966 and played with the band during its heyday, drumming on their breakthrough, Surrealistic Pillow, and playing shows with the group at Woodstock, Altamont and the Monterey Pop Festival.
		After Dryden split from Jefferson Airplane in 1970, he played with Grateful Dead side project New Riders of the Purple Sage in the Seventies, and with members of Country Joe and the Fish, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service in a knowingly titled combo called the Dinosaurs in the Eighties.
		Dryden had fallen on hard times in recent years, losing his home and possessions in a September 2003 fire.
	www.glidemagazine.com /news1671.html (408 words)

	Spencer Dryden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The longest-lasting of all the Airplane's drummers, Jazz-trained and massively experienced, Spencer Dryden is, to many, THE Airplane drummer.
		Joining the band for their second LP, "Surrealistic Pillow", his tenure lasted until mid-1970 when he quit the band following a backstage row with Balin.
		His Father, Wheeler Dryden, was Charlie Chaplin's half-brother.
	www.airplane.freeserve.co.uk /spencer.htm (78 words)

	Full Coverage: Spencer Dryden, Drummer For Jefferson ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Drummer Spencer Dryden died of cancer at his home in Petaluma, Calif., on Monday.
		W ith songs awash in new sounds, drug imagery and rebellion, the Jefferson Airplane soared into the spotlight 40 years ago, launching a musical revolution that still reverberates through a new generation of...
		Jefferson Airplane was the first of the San Francisco psychedelic rock groups of the 1960s to achieve national recognition.
	www.topix.net /who/grace-slick?full=eb4b260871 (106 words)

	Philzone.com - A Benefit for Spencer Dryden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Spencer Dyrden, drummer of such leganday bands as : Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and The Dinosaurs has not been in good health for the past several years.
		Last December, Spencer lost everything when his home burned down.
		Some of Spencer's musical friends have come together to help him out.
	www.philzone.com /!spencer.html (108 words)

	Spencer Dryden
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		Obituary: Spencer Dryden; Drummer with the hippie band Jefferson Airplane on such hits as `Somebody to Love' and `White Rabbit'.(Obituaries)
		Spencer Dryden, drummer during glory years of Jefferson Airplane, dies of cancer at 66
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0930281.html (80 words)

	Daily Post (Liverpool, England): Obituary: Spencer Dryden.(Comment)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Some marvelled at the ability of Jefferson Airplane to make music at all, but under the floppy image was a strong line in folk/blues which, when stretched into experimental areas, produced one of the era's defining sounds.
		Spencer Dryden, the New York-born son of an actor, arrived in a cowboy hat in 1966 to replace Skip Spence on the drums.
		Also new in the line-up was Grace Slick, a beauty with an astonishingly...
	highbeam.com /doc/1G1:127266743/Obituary:+Spencer+...?refid=ip_hf (188 words)

	LegacyRecordings.com: Jefferson Airplane
		In May 1966, Anderson gave birth to a daughter, and caring for the child while performing with the band became a challenge.
		Meanwhile, Spence became increasingly unreliable as his appetite for drugs increased, and he was replaced in June by session drummer Spencer Dryden (born Spencer Dryden Wheeler in New York, April 7, 1938).
		Spencer Dryden was fired early in the year and replaced by drummer Joey Covington (born Joseph Michno in Johnston, PA, in 1945).
	legacyrecordings.com /Jefferson-Airplane.aspx (2402 words)

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